Fdr: The New Deal
Chris LeCount
United States History
Mrs. Brooks, Instructor
2 June 2000
FDR: The New Deal
The day finally came when the United States, emerging to become a world power, began to crumble. Called Black Thursday, this October 24, 1929 would be the start of The Great Depression, and the first test on the Communist influences that were present around the world (Schraff 17). Then in 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, FDR, was elected to the Presidency with hopes of uplifting Americans from the severe economic decline it was going through (Schlesinger 106). Roosevelt was prepared with a plan to battle depression with a set of new programs. His first "Hundred Days" helped pass new legislation to aid farmers, industrialists and workers (Watkins 123-160). "His technique was, as he said, ‘bold, persistent experimentation…Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something'" (Schlesinger 106). Roosevelt experimented with many new programs......
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